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Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru
Paleontologist Rodolfo Salas said the skull belonged to the largest dolphin known to have inhabited the waters of South America.
Fri Mar 22 2024
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India's elderly await death, seek salvation in holy city
More than a million people live in Varanasi beside Hinduism's holiest river to which the devout flock from all over the country for rituals.
Wed Apr 26 2023
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Over a million Indians to gather beside Ganges, defying COVID-19 surge
Devotees to gather on the banks of the Ganges river for a holy bathe despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past one month.
Fri Jan 14 2022
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Hundreds of bodies buried along Indian riverbanks
Police are reaching out to villagers in India asking them not to bury their loved ones in shallow sand graves on the banks of the Ganges.
Sun May 16 2021
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Wed May 12 2021